_________________Thank DHS for its new no-match rules
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Date: 2008-05-07, 6:49PM PDT
Thank DHS for its new no-match rules
No-match letters are a powerful tool in the fight against illegal immigration. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has responded to a lawsuit to stop no-match letters by issuing new guidelines for large businesses who receive the letters.
Please Thank DHS for its No-Match Initiative
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A simple message is enough.
The No-Match letter will help crack down on illegal hiring practices and help honest businesses comply with the law. Thank you for this powerful initiative.
As illegal aliens are forced to leave the workplace, their jobs can be filled by some of the millions of Americans who are currently outside the workforce.
The no-match letters will help honest businesses by leveling the playing field.
Businesses that follow the DHS guidelines will have no trouble with immigration enforcement.
The No-Match letter notifies larger employers about all their employees whose Social Security numbers do not currently match federal records.
Every business with 10 or more of the "no-match" employees will be pressured to move any illegal aliens out of their jobs.
This is not about new hires. It is policing a much larger population. It is about scrutinizing the entire workforce of people hired over the last decades by medium-to-large firms.
In the past, employers getting the no -match letters could throw them in the trash and let their "no-match" employees continue on the job without fear of reprisal from the government. The new regulations will ensure that employers will be held accountable.
The new regulations provide simple guidelines to employers who receive no-match letters. The DHS regulations and the ICE letter describe with specificity what steps employers should take upon receipt of a no-match letter:
1) verifying within 30 days that the mismatch was not the result of a record-keeping error on the employerÂ’s part;
2) requesting that the employee confirm the accuracy
of employment records;
3) asking the employee to resolve the issue with SSA;
4) if these steps lead to resolution of the problem, follow instructions on the no-match letter itself to correct information with SSA, and retain a record of the verification with SSA; and
5) where the information could not be corrected, complete a new I-9 form without using the questionable Social Security number and instead using documentation presented by the employee that conforms with the I-9 do cument identity requirements and includes a photograph and other biographic data. Employers unable to confirm employment through these procedures risk liability for violating the law by knowingly continuing to employ unauthorized persons.
From an immigration reduction perspective, no-match letters are an effective means of telling employers it is time to correct a problem without throwing businesses into chaos.
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